HISTORICAL FACTS: Shigeru miyamoto - The Untold Story

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto never wanted to compete with other game devs: "I view the Rubik's Cube as my eternal rival"

"Making products that surprise non-gamers, that is our big challenge"

GamesRadar · Aug 23

One of Zelda: A Link to the Past's most radical ideas couldn't be realized until Link's Awakening because Shigeru Miyamoto didn't want to see Link without his sword

"We wanted players to be able to freely choose which weapons to hold"

GamesRadar · Aug 16

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says Super Mario Bros. is only good because it wasn't "done by one person alone"

Team work makes the Mario work

GamesRadar · Aug 3

Shigeru Miyamoto dreams of Nintendo consoles becoming a rite of passage for everyone coming of age: "Which Nintendo would make you the happiest?"

"Now that you're six, I've got you a Nintendo"

GamesRadar · Aug 1

Nintendo designed the DS and Wii to normalize "being a gamer" says Shigeru Miyamoto: "We don't say 'book readers and non-book readers'"

Heavy is the crown

GamesRadar · Jul 31

Wind Waker 2 was in development before Zelda lead Eiji Aonuma was told Toon Link "alienated" American teenagers, so we got Twilight Princess instead

"We knew that we had to create a Zelda game that would live up to the expectations of fans in North America, and that if we didn't, it could mean the end of the franchise"

GamesRadar · Jul 30

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto thinks it's "rude" when fans question why "a mustachioed old dude like Mario" sells so well, but to be honest, "I've had the same thought"

Miyamoto is throwing shade at the short king

GamesRadar · Jul 30

Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto says PCs were once "held in higher regard than consoles," so the NES was made to bridge "the gap" – "It wasn't just a toy"

"PCs were held in higher regard than consoles, which were 'just toys,'" Miyamoto says

GamesRadar · Jul 29

The Legend of Zelda was inspired by Western RPGs says Shigeru Miyamoto, because Nintendo wanted to appeal to more players: "We had to create new types of games"

Zelda was made with a mission in mind: to save the (open) world

GamesRadar · Jul 29

Shigeru Miyamoto knows some fans have "multiple Nintendo consoles at home," and hopes that'll become "the norm" in the future: "That would be the best scenario"

Miyamoto wants Nintendo's developers to be able to lead an "easy life"

GamesRadar · Jul 28